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full screen A car thief stole a new SUV in Norway. But what the thief did not expect was that the new car had a built-in tracking device and he could be arrested by the Swedish police. Archive image. Photo: Bertil Ericson/TT
A car thief stole a new SUV in Norway. But what the thief didn’t count on was that the new car had a built-in tracking device.
The affected owner could follow the car’s journey in real time. When the stolen car drove south on the E6 through Halland on Thursday, the owner called the Swedish police.
– We order a patrol to go out and meet. Then we see the car in Väröbacka and stop the vehicle, says Viktor Åkring Dicksved, station commander at the police in Varberg to Hallands Nyheter.
The driver of the stolen car is now under arrest on suspicion of aggravated theft, drugged driving, drug offenses and brand forgery, as the car had been fitted with false registration plates.